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Protecting Your Legacy: Final Expense Planning

November 27, 2019

Protecting Your Legacy: Final Expense Planning

What kind of legacy do you want to create? A legacy is more than something you leave behind. A legacy is the things you pass along. Your legacy is your values, your principals, and your ideals. These intangibles are what our loved ones will hold close when we’re gone. Truly, your legacy is about passing […]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: end-of-life planning, final expense planning, legacy, resources

Medicare Entitlement Programs: How LIS and MSPs Can Affect Plan Costs

November 20, 2019

Medicare Entitlement Programs: How LIS and MSPs Can Affect Plan Costs

Medicare beneficiaries who have both limited income and assets could receive extra assistance through the Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), also known as Extra Help, and Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs). Each May, the Social Security Administration (SSA) mails letters to individuals who might qualify for these Medicare Entitlement programs but are not currently receiving them. […]

Filed Under: Medicare, Uncategorized Tagged With: dual-eligible, low-income subsidy, medicaid, medicare, medicare entitlement programs, medicare savings programs, social security administration

2020 Social Security Changes You Need to Know

November 14, 2019

2020 Social Security Changes You Need to Know

The good news is that Social Security Benefits are increasing in 2020. In case you didn’t know, there are social security changes every year, partially based on the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Federal benefit rates increase when the cost of living rises, and for 2020 that increase will be 1.6 percent. While that is good […]

Filed Under: Informational Tagged With: 2020 social security, cost of living, retirement age, social security benefits, social security changes

Short- and Long-Term Care Options For Veterans

November 6, 2019

Short- and Long-Term Care Options For Veterans

Veterans may be eligible for both short-term and long-term care through assisted living, residential, or home health care options. Short-term care typically occurs while someone is recovering from an illness, injury, or surgery. These short-term services help seniors make smooth transitions from the hospital back to their homes. On the other hand, long-term services are […]

Filed Under: Insurance Tagged With: blog, coveragemade, insurance for veterans, long-term care insurance, short-term care insurance, veterans

What’s the Difference: Medicare Advantage vs. Medicare Supplement

October 30, 2019

What’s the Difference: Medicare Advantage vs. Medicare Supplement

Out-of-pocket expenses are a big issue when it comes to choosing a Medicare plan. Original Medicare (Part A and Part B) covers many health-care expenses, but it doesn’t cover everything. Things like prescription drugs or routine dental, vision, and hearing care are not covered under Original Medicare. Even with covered health-care services, beneficiaries are still […]

Filed Under: Medicare Tagged With: blog, coveragemade, medicare, Medicare Advantage, medicare supplement plans

How to Prepare for Retirement at Each Stage of Your Life

October 23, 2019

How to Prepare for Retirement at Each Stage of Your Life

Going to college, joining the workforce, getting married, and having a family are all major life transitions. They are also transitions that you prepare for before they occur. Retirement, perhaps the last transition of adulthood, also needs to be a transition that we plan and prepare for. How you prepare for retirement depends somewhat on […]

Filed Under: Retirement Tagged With: blog, coveragemade, retirement, retirement planning, retirement savings

How to Plan Healthy Menus When You Are Cooking for One

October 16, 2019

How to Plan Healthy Menus When You Are Cooking for One

What do you eat when you’re cooking for one? For too many people the answer is takeout, cold cereal, popcorn, or some thrown together leftovers we wouldn’t dare share with another human being. But there’s no reason that meals for one need to be any less healthy and delicious than what you would serve to […]

Filed Under: Healthy Living Tagged With: coveragemade, Eating healthy, healthy living, healthy menus

New Medicare Plan Finder: How Do These Changes Affect You?

October 9, 2019

New Medicare Plan Finder: How Do These Changes Affect You?

For the first time in a decade, the Medicare Plan Finder is getting an upgrade. The Medicare Plan Finder is the most used tool on medicare.gov. The tool allows users to shop and compare Medicare Advantage and Part D plans. Eventually, the modernized and redesigned Medicare Plan Finder will help those with Medicare Coverage, along […]

Filed Under: Medicare Tagged With: coveragemade, medicare, Medicare Advantage, medicare coverage, medicare plan finder

Scoop up the Medicare Supplement plan that is right for you

October 8, 2019

Scoop up the Medicare Supplement plan that is right for you

Imagine being faced with the choice between 10 different flavors of ice cream. A difficult decision to make already, but instead of their straightforward names like chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry, they are labeled by letters of the alphabet. Flavor A, Flavor B, so on and so forth. So instead of making an informed decision based […]

Filed Under: Insurance, Medicare, Medicare Coverage Tagged With: coveragemade, medicare coverage, medicare policy options, medicare supplement plan comparisons, medicare supplement plans, medigap

Why Buy A Medicare Supplement Plan?

September 25, 2019

Why Buy A Medicare Supplement Plan?

Many people are surprised to learn that Medicare won’t cover all of their healthcare expenses during retirement. While Medicare can offer significant coverage, the truth is it doesn’t cover everything and doesn’t limit catastrophic financial exposure. Some of those uncovered costs have the potential to put a serious crack in your retirement nest egg. The […]

Filed Under: Medicare, Medicare Coverage Tagged With: coveragemade, medicare, medicare supplement plans

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